Proclamation No. 322, s. 1994

MALACANANG MANILA /lArAJ PROCLAMATION NO. 322 DECLARING FEBRUARY 2 TO 8 OF EVERY YEAR AS CONSTITUTION WEEK WH~, it is fitting to focus on the Constitution, as the fundamental law of the land that envisions a just and humane society and a government that embodies the ideals and aspirations of the Filipino people, promotes the common good, and secures to themselves and their posterity the blessings of independence and democracy under the rule of la\o. and a regime of truth, justice, freedom, love, equality, and peace; WHEREAS, in order to strengthen the commitment to the principles of Constitutional democracy, it is appropriate that a full week be set aside as CONSTITUTION WEEK for a nationwide commemoration of the significance of the Constitution; WHEREAS, the Constitution was ratified overwhelmingly by Filipino people in a plebiscite held on February 2, 1987; and WHEREAS, Proclamation No. 211, dated January 29, 1988, had declared February 2 of every year as Constitution Day, and Proclamation No. 515, dated January 15, 1990, declared February 2 to 8, 1990 as Constitution Week. NOW, THEREFORE, I,. FIDEL V. RAMOS, President of the Republicof the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby declare February 2 to 8 of every year as CONSTITUTION WEEK. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed. DONE in the City of Manila, this 2nd day of Februaryyear of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Ninety-~ in the By the President: ~... r , .JR. Executive Secretary